CST 751

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108268

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108268.

Transliteration

3(gesz2) 3(u) sa gi
gu-nigin2-ba
1(u) sa-ta
kab2!#-ku5 dub-la2-[utu]-ka!#-sze3
gi |ZI&ZI|#?-x
[...]
ugula i7-pa-e3#
kiszib3 gu-u2-gu-[a]
giri3 ir-an-[...]
mu na-ru2-a-mah ba-du3
gu-u2-gu-a
dub-sar
dumu ma-an-szum2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 751. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P108268) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108268..

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